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Scott S. Sheppard

Topic: Biography

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Short description: American astronomer (born 1977)

Scott Sander Sheppard (born 1977) is an American astronomer and a discoverer of numerous moons, comets and minor planets in the outer Solar System.[1][2][3]

He is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, DC. He attended Oberlin College as an undergraduate, and received his bachelor in physics with honors in 1998.[4][better source needed] Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. He has also discovered the first known trailing Neptune trojan, 2008 LC18, the first named leading Neptune trojan, 385571 Otrera, and the first high inclination Neptune trojan, 2005 TN53. These discoveries showed that the Neptune trojan objects are mostly on highly inclined orbits and thus likely captured small bodies from elsewhere in the Solar System.

The main-belt asteroid 17898 Scottsheppard, discovered by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa Station in 1999, was named in his honor.[1]

Discoveries

Minor planets discovered: 23[5][needs update]
(79978) 1999 CC158 15 February 1999 list[A][B][C]
(131695) 2001 XS254 9 December 2001 list[B][D]
(131696) 2001 XT254 9 December 2001 list[B][D]
(131697) 2001 XH255 11 December 2001 list[B][D]
(148975) 2001 XA255 9 December 2001 list[B][D]
(168700) 2000 GE147 2 April 2000 list[B][C]
(200840) 2001 XN254 9 December 2001 list
341520 Mors–Somnus 14 October 2007 list[C]
385571 Otrera 16 October 2004 list[C]
385695 Clete 8 October 2005 list[C]
(469420) 2001 XP254 10 December 2001 list[B][D]
(469421) 2001 XD255 9 December 2001 list[B][D]
471143 Dziewanna 13 March 2010 list[C][E][F]
(471165) 2010 HE79 21 April 2010 list[C][E][G]
(471921) 2013 FC28 17 March 2013 list[C]
(508792) 2000 FX53 31 March 2000 list[B][C]
(523671) 2013 FZ27 16 March 2013 list
(523672) 2013 FJ28 16 March 2013 list
(523693) 2014 FT71 24 March 2014 list
(524365) 2001 XQ254 10 December 2001 list[B][D]
(524366) 2001 XR254 10 December 2001 list[B][D]
(532037) 2013 FY27 17 March 2013 list[C]
(532038) 2013 FB28 17 March 2013 list[C]
541132 Leleākūhonua 13 October 2015 list[C][H]
2021 PH27 13 August 2021 MPC
2022 AP7 13 January 2022 MPC[6]
A with J. X. Luu
B with D. C. Jewitt
C with Chadwick Trujillo
D with J. T. Kleyna
E with A. Udalski
F with M. Kubiak
G with R. Poleski
H with D. J. Tholen

Sheppard was the lead discoverer of the object with the most distant orbit known in the Solar System, 2012 VP113 (nicknamed Biden). In 2014, the similarity of the orbit of 2012 VP113 to other extreme Kuiper belt object orbits led Sheppard and Trujillo to propose that an unknown Super-Earth mass planet (2–15 Earth masses) in the outermost Solar System beyond 200 AU and up to 1500 AU is shepherding these smaller bodies into similar orbits (see Planet X or Planet Nine). The extreme trans-Neptunian objects 2013 FT28 and 2014 SR349, announced in 2016 and co-discovered by Sheppard, further show a likely unknown massive planet exists beyond a few hundred AU in the Solar System, with 2013 FT28 being the first known high semi-major axis and high perihelion object anti-aligned with the other known extreme objects. In 2018, the announcement of the high perihelion inner Oort cloud object 541132 Leleākūhonua (nicknamed "The Goblin") by Sheppard et al., being only the third known after 2012 VP113 and Sedna, further demonstrated that a super-Earth planet in the distant solar system likely exists as Leleākūhonua has many orbital similarities as the two other known inner Oort cloud objects.

Most notable discoveries

Sheppard has been involved in the discovery of many small Solar System bodies such as trans-Neptunian objects, centaurs, comets and near-Earth objects.

Jupiter

Discovered moons of Jupiter (full list):[3]


Saturn

Discovered moons of Saturn (full list):[3]

  • Narvi (2003)
  • Fornjot (2004)
  • Farbauti (2004)
  • Aegir (2004)
  • Bebhionn (2004)
  • Hati (2004)
  • Bergelmir (2004)
  • Fenrir (2004)
  • Bestla (2004)
  • S/2004 S 7 (2004)
  • S/2004 S 12 (2004)
  • S/2004 S 13 (2004)
  • S/2004 S 17 (2004)
  • Hyrrokkin (2004)
  • Gridr (2004)
  • S/2004 S 21 (2004)
  • Angrboda (2004)
  • Skrymir (2004)
  • S/2004 S 24 (2004)
  • Gerd (2004)
  • Saturn LVIII (2004)
  • Eggther (2004)
  • S/2004 S 28 (2004)
  • Saturn LX (2004)
  • Beli (2004)
  • S/2004 S 31 (2004)
  • Gunnlod (2004)
  • Thiazzi (2004)
  • Saturn LXIV (2004)
  • Alvaldi (2004)
  • S/2004 S 36 (2004)
  • S/2004 S 37 (2004)
  • Geirrod (2004)
  • S/2004 S 39 (2004)
  • S/2004 S 40 (2004)
  • S/2004 S 41 (2004)
  • S/2004 S 42 (2004)
  • S/2004 S 43 (2004)
  • S/2004 S 44 (2004)
  • S/2004 S 45 (2004)
  • S/2004 S 46 (2004)
  • S/2004 S 47 (2004)
  • S/2004 S 48 (2004)
  • S/2004 S 49 (2004)
  • S/2004 S 50 (2004)
  • S/2004 S 51 (2004)
  • S/2004 S 52 (2004)
  • S/2004 S 53 (2004)
  • S/2005 S 4 (2005)
  • S/2005 S 5 (2005)
  • Kari (2006)
  • Loge (2006)
  • Surtur (2006)
  • Skoll (2006)
  • Greip (2006)
  • Jarnsaxa (2006)
  • S/2006 S 1 (2006)
  • S/2006 S 3 (2006)
  • S/2006 S 9 (2006)
  • S/2006 S 10 (2006)
  • S/2006 S 11 (2006)
  • S/2006 S 12 (2006)
  • S/2006 S 13 (2006)
  • S/2006 S 14 (2006)
  • S/2006 S 15 (2006)
  • S/2006 S 16 (2006)
  • S/2006 S 17 (2006)
  • S/2006 S 18 (2006)
  • S/2006 S 19 (2006)
  • S/2006 S 20 (2006)
  • Tarqeq (2007)
  • S/2007 S 2 (2007)
  • S/2007 S 3 (2007)
  • S/2007 S 5 (2007)
  • S/2007 S 6 (2007)
  • S/2007 S 7 (2007)
  • S/2007 S 8 (2007)
  • S/2007 S 9 (2007)
  • S/2019 S 3 (2019)
  • S/2019 S 9 (2019)
  • S/2019 S 11 (2019)
  • S/2019 S 17 (2019)
  • S/2019 S 18 (2019)
  • S/2019 S 21 (2019)
  • S/2020 S 1 (2020)
  • S/2020 S 8 (2020)


Uranus

Discovered moons of Uranus (full list):[3]

Neptune

Discovered moons of Neptune (full list):[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). "(17898) Scottsheppard [2.14, 0.05, 2.8]". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (17898) Scottsheppard, Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 112. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-34361-5_1203. ISBN 978-3-540-34361-5. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Circular No. 8962 Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams". CBAT. 2008-08-01. http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/08900/08962.pdf. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "JPL Solar System Dynamics: Planetary Satellite Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?sat_discovery. 
  4. ↑ "Scott S. Sheppard – Curriculum Vitae". Carnegie Institution for Science. http://www.dtm.ciw.edu/users/sheppard/sheppardCV.pdf. 
  5. ↑ "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 24 May 2019. http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/MPDiscsNum.html. 
  6. ↑ "MPEC 2022-B21 : 2022 AP7". IAU Minor Planet Center. 2022-01-23. https://minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K22/K22B21.html. 

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